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Christmas Treats from Around the World by articlewriter22
Many people have fond memories of Christmas candy from their childhood. Regardless of age, race, sex or culture, people all over the globe share a wide variety of Christmas candy during the jolly season. Christmas treats together with family members, close friends, gifts and religious significance make Christmas the celebration of the whole year
Christmas Treats in the Unites States
In the United States Christmas chocolate and other candies are traditionally placed in stockings mounted on the fireplace. The American tradition is that each child gets a stocking and that Santa Claus puts the candy in them. Other treats such as oranges were also placed in the stockings.
The stocking and placing of candy tradition supposedly began in Holland and brought to America by Dutch settlers who also gave Americans the tradition of placing coal instead of candy in the stockings of children who were naughty. The most famous American Christmas candy is the candy cane, a hardened sugar candy colored in a striped pattern, which is usually hung on the Christmas tree, but Christmas chocolate treats are the kids’ favorites.
European Christmas Candy
In Europe, shaped milk Christmas chocolate treats are very popular. Some of these feature distinctive characters such as Santa Claus. This can be considered a remnant of World War II when American soldiers gave out Christmas chocolate to hungry children. Christmas chocolate and candy have a long standing lineage in some European countries. In Austria, holiday season candy is supposedly given by the child Christ who takes the place of Santa. In some European countries, even some Christmas chocolate ingredients like Marzipan are closely associated with Christmas.
Christmas Delights in Latin Countries
In Spain and Mexico candy is given by three wise men who visited Jesus on the night of his birth. Religious history says that these three visitors bring gifts to children as they did to the child Christ.
English Holiday Candy
In Great Britain Santa Claus is called Father Christmas. Father Christmas looks a great deal like the American Santa Claus except that he usually has a hood instead of a hat. Like Santa, Father Christmas brings Christmas chocolate and candy treats to children across the country during the holiday season.
Candy is associated with Christmas in both England and Scotland because, until the 20th century it was one of the few gifts that the working classes could afford to give their children who only tasted candy on Christmas morning.
The big English companies make a wide variety of candy which is sold in sets and are available online for people that want to give their children a taste of an English Christmas. The modern English Christmas chocolate often features special Christmas boxes and themes and popular English candies include toffee and fudge. Turkish delight is another treat widely associated with Christmas in the UK.
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Knifty Knitter Pattern Christmas Stocking?
I lost my Knifty Knitters Loom Patterns Booklet #1 with the Christmas Stocking pattern and am having the worst time finding it online, Can anyone share if you have it? For the most part I have it memorized but want to make sure I have the row count correct. Thanks!
I bought the same book and am kicking myself for not knowing where it went to. I remember the cuff was 27 rows, and I think the body was 29 rows its after the heel that I don't recall how many rows of the alternating colors (lower body and toe). Thank you.
I bought the same book and am kicking myself for not knowing where it went to. I remember the cuff was 27 rows, and I think the body was 29 rows its after the heel that I don't recall how many rows of the alternating colors (lower body and toe). Thank you.
This the sort of decorative Stocking rather than a sock that you would wear isn't it?
In that case it doesn't matter about the exact number of rows.
Do the number of rows you remember and see what it looks like. If you think another row or 2 would look better then work a few more rows.
Patterns are not sealed in stone. You can change them as much as you like. Stripes can be any width you like. Let your imagination escape.
